A Rothschild stud-book

Arnold Leese

Gentile Folly: the Rothschild's

1st Generation:—

Mayer Amschel, 1744-1812. He had 5 sons and 5 daughters. [sic, 1744; should be 1743  — JR, ed.]

 

2nd and 3rd Generations:—

These are the 5 sons of Amschel Mayer and their children.

1. Amschel Mayer, Frankfort, 1773-1885. He had no children.

2. Solomon, Vienna, 1774-1885, had 1 son and 1 daughter. The son was

Anselm Solomon, 1803-74.

3. Nathan Mayer, London, 1777-1836, had 4 sons and 3 daughters. The 4 sons were:—

Lionel Nathan, 1808-79.

Anthony, 1810-76, Baronet.

Nathaniel, 1812-70.

Mayer Amschel, 1818-1874.

4. Karl Mayer, Naples, 1788-1855, had 3 sons and 2 daughters. The 3 sons were:—

Mayer Karl, 1820-86.

Wilhelm Karl, 1828-1901.

Adolf, 1823-1900. He had no children.

5. James, Paris, 1792-1868. He had 4 sons and 1 daughter. The 4 sons were:—

Alphonse, 1827-1905.

Solomon, 1835-64.

Gustav, 1829.

Edmond, 1845-1917.

 

4th Generation:—

Anselm, had 3 sons and 4 daughters. The sons were:—

Ferdinand, 1839-1898. He had no children.

Nathaniel, 1830-1905. Ditto.

Albert Solomon, 1844-1911.

Lionel Nathan, had 3 sons and 2 daughters. The sons were:—

Nathaniel, 1840-1915 (1st “English” Baron).

Alfred, 1842-1918. Had no legitimate children.

Leopold, 1845-1917.

Anthony, Sir, Bart., had 2 daughters.

Nathaniel, had 3 sons and 1 daughter. The sons were:—

Jas. Edward, 1844-84.

Albert, 1846-50.

Arthur, 1851-1903.

Mayer Amschel (son of Nathan Mayer) had a daughter, Hannah.

Mayer Karl, had 7 daughters, no sons.

Wilhelm Karl, had 2 daughters, no sons.

Alphonse, had 1 son and 2 daughters. The son was:—

Edouard Alphonse Jas., b. 1868.

Solomon (son of Jas.), had 1 daughter.

Gustav, had 2 sons and 3 daughters. The sons were:—

Andre, b. 1874.

Robert Philippe, b. 1880.

Edmond, had 2 sons and 1 daughter. The sons were:—

Jas. Edmond, b. 1878.

Maurice Edmond, b. 1881.

 

A ROTHSCHILD STUD-BOOK—continued.

5th Generation:—

Albert Solomon (son of Anselm), had 3 sons and 1 daughter. The sons were:—

George, b. 1877, died, no children.

Alfons, b. 1878.

Louis, b. 1882.

Eugene, b. 1884.

Nathaniel (son of Lionel Nathan), had 2 sons and 1 daughter. The sons were:—

Lionel Walter, 2nd “English” Baron, 1868-1937. Did not marry.

Nathaniel Chas., 1877-1923.

Leopold, had 2 sons and 1 daughter. The sons were:—

Lionel Nathan, b. 1882.

Anthony Gustav, b. 1887.

Jas. Edward (son of Nathaniel), had a son and a daughter. The son was:—

Henri, b. 1872.

Edouard Alphonse (son of Alphonse), had a son:—

Guy, b. 1909.

 

6th Generation:—

Alfons (son of Albert), had 1 son and 2 daughters. The son was:—

Albert, b. 1922.

Nathaniel Chas. (son of Nathaniel, and grandson of Lionel Nathan), had a son and 3 daughters. The son was:—

Nathaniel Mayer Victor, 3rd “English” Baron, b. 1913.

Lionel Nathan (son of Leopold), had 2 sons and 2 daughters. The sons were:—

Edmund Leopold, b. 1916.

Leopold David, b. 1927.

Anthony Gustav, had 1 son and 2 daughters. The son was:—

Evelyn Robert, b. 1931.

Henri, had 2 sons and 1 daughter. The sons were:—

Jas. Nathaniel, b. 1896.

Philippe, b. 1902.

 

7th Generation:—

Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild has a son, Nathaniel Charles Jacob, b. 1936.

NOTE. Among the earlier Rothschilds (that is, the three generations following the founder of the House, Amschel Mayer), marriage was generally a business affair, and it was a common practice for males to marry other Rothschilds and for superfluous females to marry where more business might be expected as a result. And so we get this staggering fact from the Jewish Encyclopædia (B, Vol. X, p. 497): “Of 58 marriages contracted by the descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, to date (1905) no less than 29, or exactly one-half, have been between first cousins.”

Betty Rothschild, daughter of Solomon, actually married her uncle, Baron James of Paris, whilst Anselm Rothschild married his niece, the daughter of Nathaniel.